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C'ville Weekly, Dec 13-19
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C'Ville Weekly
December 13-19
Wendy Repass- Chapter 1: The Coming of Age
You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Charlottesville-Staunton
are is the land of the female singer-songwriter, what with Allard,
Worrell, Barb Martin et al. But Wendy Repass has an unusual
wild-card style that separates her from the rest of this admittedly
fine pack- a willingness to shake things up and get weird. She's
a folkie who remembers that the softer moments carry more weight
if there's an occasional blast of something else, and she's
not afraid to rock out.
her self-released (and, with Kevin McNoldy self-produced) Chapter
1: The Coming of Age has an awful title, but the folk-pop songs
presented are thankfully free of pretension, ranging in mood
from jubilant to anthemic to downright funky (courtesy of some
nice bass work from Jason Kapp). On cuts like "Nothing's
Gonna Bring Me Down" and the angry "Mud and Tears,"
Repass shows that she's got the goods as a songwriter, and as
a unique arranger with a penchant for the curve ball. Her debut
CD- on the indie Dream Sequence label- spotlights a talent to
keep an eye on.
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